Authors born in 1888
- Abul Kalam Azad Politician, 1888
- Agnes Allen Author, 1888
- Agnes Sligh Turnbull Writer, 1888
- Alan Seeger Poet, 1888
- Alex Faickney Osborn Businessman, 1888
- Antoinette Perry Actress, 1888
- Arthur James Moore Theologian, 1888
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Historian, 1888
- Ben Salmon Critic, 1888
- C. V. Raman Physicist, 1888
- Carl Schmitt Jurist, 1888
- Clarence Francis Businessman, 1888
- Clemence Dane Writer, 1888
- Curt Goetz Writer, 1888
- Cyril Falls Military Historian, 1888
- Dale Carnegie Writer, 1888
- Dennis Chavez Politician, 1888
- Edith Evans Stage Actor, 1888
- Edmund Ware Sinnott Botanist, 1888
- Eloise Lownsbery Author, 1888
- Emanuel Celler Politician, 1888
- Ethel Wilson Writer, 1888
- Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Historian, 1888
- Eugene O'Neill Dramatist, 1888
- Evadne Price Writer, 1888
- Fernando Pessoa Poet, 1888
- Frank Howard Clark Screenwriter, 1888
- Frits Zernike Physicist, 1888
- Georges Bernanos Writer, 1888
- H. Russell Wakefield Short Story Writer, 1888
- Haniel Long Poet, 1888
- Harpo Marx Screenwriter, 1888
- Heinz Guderian Soldier, 1888
- Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Illustrator, 1888
- Irving Berlin Street Artist, 1888
- J. Frank Dobie Folklorist, 1888
- James E. Casey Businessman, 1888
- Jean Monnet Diplomat, 1888
- John Crowe Ransom Educator, 1888
- John Foster Dulles Diplomat, 1888